Somme
141 Days, 141 Lives
$63.29
- Hardcover
240 pages
- Release Date
6 June 2016
Summary
Commemorative day-by-day look at 141 ordinary soldiers who gave their lives at the Somme. The Battle of the Somme was not only the costliest battle of the First World War, but one of the bloodiest in human history, with over a million lives lost. Each of those lives was special. In this day-by-day commemorative journal, 141 of those soldiers have been chosen, and the stories behind them described, one for each day of the battle. The poignancy of their personal tragedies will remind us of th…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780750965323 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0750965320 |
| Author: | Alexandra Churchill |
| Publisher: | The History Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | The History Press Ltd |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 240 |
| Release Date: | 6 June 2016 |
| Weight: | 1.12kg |
| Dimensions: | 226mm x 248mm x 20mm |
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About The Author
Alexandra Churchill
ALEXANDRA CHURCHILL is an author, researcher and historian who has contributed to and appeared on numerous television documentaries, including Timewatch (BBC2), Fighting the Red Baron (Channel 4) and Titanic with Len Goodman (BBC1). Her first book, the critically acclaimed Blood and Thunder: The Boys of Eton College and the First World War, was published in 2014. Her second book, Over Land and Sea: Chelsea FC in the Great War (2015), was her first collaboration with Andrew Holmes.
ANDREW HOLMES is a researcher and photographer who has been visiting the battlefields of the Great War for over twelve years. He collaborated with Alexandra Churchill on Over Land and Sea: Chelsea FC in the Great War (2015).
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